Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-12-11
ADJUSTMENTS
Something About FAIRY Fingers" and
Camille"
TO BIZ PLAYED BY RHEA
Ben Maginley in Irish Drama, at the
Opera House
The COMING OF ]. S. CLARKE.
Mile Rhea

Mile Rhea
On Monday and Tuesday evenings and
at at Tuesday matinee of this week, Mile
Rhea, the brilliant and charming actress
will appear in three of her. greatest
characters, at the Opera House.
The impression that Mile Rhea has
created by her former visits have es-
tablished her as q prime fayorite with our
theatre goers, and a warm welcome waits
her appearance. She is an actress Of IN
deniab!e genius and possesses a magnetism
that is wonderful; added TO her ability as
an actress, her worth as a pure, good
weman, has made her hosts OF friends who
have met her off the stage. She will pre-
sept the three gems Of her repertoire, the
greatest works of the French dramatists,
Dumas, Lsgoune, Meilhac and Hslevy.
On Monday evening the five.act comedy
drama, from the French, entitled Fairy
Fingers" will be presented. This play
possesses a peculiar interest from the fact
that in it Rhea made her first great Euro
pean success. A feature of the production
will be the great dress-making scene, which
will be of special interest to the ladies. 1t
will be made extremely realistic by the
aid of ~salesladies, customers and a man
milliner, together with q lavish display OF
gorgeous dresses. The play is beautifully
written, full of delightful surprises, clever
comedy and refined sentiment. At the
matinee on Tuesday afternoon Camille"
that undying work OF Dumas, will be
given. nearly every actress of any preten-
tions has essayed this character, but very
lew nave won success in it; some idealiZe
il until it seems like a well cut
cameo and lust as soulless, awakening not
the slightest throb of sympathy in an su-
dience. Others paint it with = coaEseness
which is r%epugnant. Mile Rhea, Judging
from prominent press criticisms, has struck
the true chord of the complex character OF
THE Lady of the Camelias." She pre-
sents an ideal Camille, a Camille with a
soul, a heroine who is by turns gay, ten
der, loving, passionate and pathetic. 4
special feature OF the matinee will be the
presentation Of a souvenir silver thimble,
with the name Of Rhea engraved on it, TO
the ladies. Tuesday evening Mile Rhea
will appear Us "Frou Frou," one OF her
most copgenial roles. The character is a
reproduction of Partisan life, and no one can
give the proper cOlOring, the true touches
oflight and shade unless thoroughly CONVEX
SAINT with every detail the character de-
mande, and able to reproduce them. Mile,
Rhea both by her art and her nativity, is
pTe-eminently qualified to present an ideal
"Frou Frou." The play was originally
written for Aimee Desclee, the most famous
French actress of her day. She had q hard
struggle to obtain a foothold N the popu-
lar favor, and died in the height of success,
Shortly before her death she wrote a letter
to Mile. Rhea, in which she said, "la Il
not hard? A lifetime CT struggle: toll and
endeavor, l reach the port at last and
sink into harbor." Poor Aimee Desclcs,
she was Mile. Rhea's most intimate friend
aud left her a priceless souvenir, the origi-
nal manucrip, Of "FTOu Frou," which she
has used ever since. Mile. Rhea's taste
in dressing is so we'll known that it IS
hardly necessary to refer TO hel. toilets.
However the ladies can be prepared for a
revelation of the modiste's art, as Mile.
Rhea will suIpaSs any previous effort, and
display q number of the latest creations Of
Worth and Nine. Alexander. 81 Paris
With a star like Rhea, and the aid OF the
company, plays and dresses the engagement
promises TO be unusually brilliant.